Disappointed that they’re won’t be anymore VP debates this election season? Looking for something to do Saturday night (after you get back from Red Hook)? Gussy yourself up and head over to Medusa Hair Salon (7th Ave and 1st Street in Park Slope) for the Updos for Obama benefit. For a donation of $75 to the Obama campaign, the ladies there will sweep your hair into that beehive of executive grandeur we’ve grown so very fond of in the past few weeks. Or, fix yourself up the small-town way — at home — and enter the Palin Look-alike contest for only $25. Bonus: it’s good practice for a <i>very</i> scary Halloween costume. (Need ‘hive help? Check out this tutorial video.) We’ll be there, reading from Submerged: Tales from The Basin, an anthology of writing by women about hair and New Orleans, created by local writer Lauren Gonzalez as a benefit for New Orleans charities working on post-Katrina rebuilding. Also reading, the rambunctious Ellen Hagan, regular at the Nuyorican Poets Café, Medusa stylist Kelly Gola, and other local contributors.
—Jean Kahler